Sunday, February 24, 2008

Quilt forest

Todd's grandma passed away a year and a half ago. She dearly loved all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and I really wanted Tsia to have something that her great-grandma made as a way to remember her. She was a quilter, and this tree was included in the box of her ornaments we received this Christmas. As soon as I saw it I knew it needed to hang in Tsia's room; it just fits with her doll quilts, somehow.

But I thought it needed a tree friend to make it seem less Christmas-y, so I made a little deciduous friend for it.

Yeah, I know; I can't seem to stop, can I? I whined the first time, turned aroudn and did it again, and here we are a third time. As it turns out, I really love the process of hand piecing and hand quilting, and this tree was stitched entirely by hand. There's something so relaxing about the process, isn't there?

I'm afraid my photos don't really do the pair justice--something about that unusual shade of yellow in the bedroom that doesn't photograph very well--but it's a pleasure to see Grandma Gabrielson's handiwork hanging in Tsia's room every day. I'm glad we'll all be able to look at it every day.

This is wonderful, Liesl.So nice seeing both trees together. A beautiful way to remember.And of course, I guess I know how you feel about the stitching, one can beautifully get lost in the calm rhythm of hand sewing.

I love heritage pieces. The tree you made it wonderful. It would be cool to make a tree like that using fabrics from the closet of a loved one. That hand sewing thing is looking better all the time to me.

Wow girl, that is such a beautiful thing! I'm trying to get started with quilting, and I think hand-quilting something small is going to be where I'll start. Now I wouldn't consider your beautiful tree to be a beginner's project, but maybe a coaster? :) Great job!

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Thanks for dropping by! I'm Liesl Gibson, designer of the Oliver + S and Lisette sewing patterns and fabric collections. This is where I blather on about whatever I'm interested in at the moment, whenever I have a little time to do so.